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Member News & Events
PVCA District All-Star
Matches ..... Waiver Form .....
The waiver form for players may be printed from the following
link (click
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AVCA Team
Academic Award Winners Released .....
The American Volleyball
Coaches Association announced that 450 schools have earned the AVCA Team
Academic Award for the 2009-2010 season. The award honors college and high
school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at
least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10
cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year.
164 high school girls
received recognition, with six from our state. Pennsylvania teams and
coaches were Central Bucks East,
Garden Spot (coach Dennis Werner),
Pine Grove (coach Eugene Kreitzer),
Red Lion (coach Scott K. Musselman),
Spring Grove (coach Dawn Myers),
Trinity (coach
Uros M. Davidovic).
Of
particular note is Garden Spot who
earned their 16th consecutive AVCA Team Academic Award as of the end of
June. This year their team GPA once again approached 4.0 as they earned a
3.90 team GPA for the academic year.
For more details
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http://www.avca.org/awards/team-academic-award/09-10-award-release/
For a complete listing
of teams
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http://www.avca.org/awards/team-academic-award/09-10-recipients/
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NCAA
Championships Coming to Happy Valley .....
The 42nd annual NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships
will be hosted by Penn State University. The dates are May 5 & 7, 2011.
Check this page for more information as it becomes available.
State College
Invitational High School Tournament ..... State College is
currently working with PSU and AVCA to host our invitational offsite at PSU
IM building. We are in the early planning stages, but we will be sending out
priority invitations in early fall and the tournament may include sanctioned
varsity teams from neighboring states. The tournament will be a one-day
event on the FRIDAY BEFORE NCAA FINALS (May 6th 2011) counting for 2 PIAA
competition points. Participation will be limited based on the number of
courts available. Entry fees, format and other participation details will be
forthcoming. If you are interested in receiving an invitation please email:
kmk13@scasd.org
It is imperative that you contact your
Athletic Director FIRST to verify that your school district will allow your
team to
participate in an all-day event on a school day. Teams considering attending
the Semi-Final or Final NCAA men's matches and requiring hotel
accommodations may want to make reservations EARLY.
AVCA Talent Showcase ..... The AVCA
will host a Talent Showcase, or recruiting combine, on Saturday morning for
boys interested in further demonstrating their skills for college coaches.
State College High School Invitational is a separate event! The event will
include physical testing and skill- specific drills allowing college coaches
to assess both the potential and current skill level of participants.
Education on the recruiting process, rules and eligibility will be offered
to parents. Registration for the Talent Showcase will be on a first-come,
first-served basis and the cost of
that event will be separate from the cost of the tournament.
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Important
Concussion Information .....
Received the following email and
information from Bob Miller ..... "I am attaching some info that Mike and I
picked up at the PIAA sports (all-inclusive) meeting on June 24th. This
involves proposed legislation on concussion recognition and protocol. We as
coaches can be proactive and take the free course now." .....
Click for more details
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GPVCA
"Sets" The Bar High .....
The Greater Philadelphia Volleyball
Coaches Association recently offered a setting clinic with Brian Begor, the
head clinician (more details). While many great
clinicians from within and outside Pennsylvania often share their knowledge
with our athletes, there was a twist.
Instead of using the money for their needs, the GPVCA donated their proceeds
to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation. It is to be used to fund the
volleyball needs of Marial Bai, a girls school in The Sudan, Africa. "This
money is for the expressed purpose of
purchasing volleyball equipment so that the young women may have the benefit
of athletic activity and especially volleyball". Read more about this
exciting and creative way of promoting the sport of volleyball .....
read more #1 ..... read
more #2
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2010
PVCA "Finest Forty" Announced .....
The PVCA Boy's All-State Volleyball Team
has been released. You can access this team through our results section or
simply click here (AAA
/
AA) Matt Wilson headed up this huge undertaking with the
help from many other coaches throughout the state. We can email you the
complete listings in an MS Word attachment. Email this site and put Send
All-State Team in the subject
.. (vballskm@verizon.net)
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Membership Information .....
Message from Rich Schall ..... For those coaches
whose membership expires on 6/30/10 -- don't panic -- a renewal card will be
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2010 PIAA Volleyball Championships .....
The Championships are over. Two champions have been crowned. An exciting two
days has come to a close. Congratulations to winners
State
College (AAA -
coach Kirk Hoover), and Northeastern
(AA - coach Matt Wilson). Also congratulations to runners-up
Pennsbury (AAA - coach Justin Fee) and
Meadville (AA -
coach Doug Nelson).
PVCA Brackets .....
AAA .....
AA History of State Championships ..... (click
here)
Notes from the PIAA
Championships .....
We've all heard that famous
Yogi Berra quote, "It ain't over 'til it's over." This certainly rang true
on the first day of the state championships. Two tie-breakers, one in each
classification, would provide an exciting ending to pool play. Northeastern
and Ambridge in AA, Pennsbury and North Allegheny in AAA, all punched their
tickets into the semi-finals with 3-0 records on Friday. State College and
Eastern fought their way into Saturday with 2-1 records. But six other teams
battled for the final outcome of go home or come back Saturday. When the
dust settled, Pennridge (AAA) and Meadville (AA) came out the winners.
The semi-finals matched up
some familiar opponents. In AAA, Pennsbury and Pennridge were a repeat of
the District 1 Championships. In AA, Northeastern and Eastern were a rematch
of the District 3 Championships.
The finals showcased
State College winning their first championship, while Northeastern won
their third (1992 & 1993). Both teams had strong support with Northeastern a
somewhat short ride to
Happy Valley. And well,
State College, the fans kept streaming in following their semi-final win.
Some history
.. Since
1972, there has only been one year (1998) when at least one District 3 or 7
team was not in the AAA or overall state finals
.. Only three districts
have been represented in the short history of the AA championships (3,7,10).
The PVCA's own and
Parkland girls coach, Mike Krause, continues to supply the outstanding
commentary for the PCN broadcasts of the championship finals. Thanks also to
PCN and announcer Gary Sutton ..... In addition, 2010 marked the first time
there was a "play by play" announcer for the event. Thanks to Dan Smith
(women's coach at Penn State Beaver) for filling this new and exciting
change to the state championships
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2010
PVCA State
Championship All-Tournament Team .....
Participating coaches in the PIAA Championships voted and selected the
following teams. The All-State teams will be posted in the coming weeks.
AAA
..... Tournament MVP - Chris Rose (OH,State
College)
.. Defensive MVP - Patrick Devine (L,
Exeter)
.. Ryan Burns (S, Pennsbury), Andy Buss (OH, Parkland), Andy Foard (S,
State College), Kyle Gregan (M, North Allegheny), Austin Jacoby (OH,
Pennridge), Michael Krepp (S, North Allegheny), Jeremy Rhoads (OH, Pennsbury),
Ryan Rimby (OH, Exeter), Trevor Stark (M, State College), Zech States (Pennridge),
Dan Tublin (DS, Fox Chapel), Kyle Wisner (M, Central York), Joe Yasalonis (OPP,
Pennsbury),
AA
..... Tournament MVP - Nic
Shoemaker (S, Northeastern)
.. Defensive MVP - Reid Lowery (L,
Northeastern)
.. Chris Bair (S, Eastern), Cory Bair (M, Northeastern), Adam
Barba (OH, Meadville), Brandon Bisignani (M, North Pocono), Nick Goodell (OPP,
Ambridge), T.J. Mentzer (M, Garden Spot), Levi Myers (OH, Eastern), Ian
Phillips (S/OH, Meadville), Brian Presto (OH, Ambridge), Dave Sloan (S,
Huntingdon), Michael Stianche (S, Bethlehem Catholic), Ian Tyger (OH,
Northeastern), Taylor Willey (OH, Meadville)
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2010
PIAA State Championships Links .....
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2010 PVCA
Scholarships Awarded .....
Six $500 scholarships
were awarded at the 2010 PIAA State Volleyball Championships. The criteria
of financial need, contribution to
the team, academic performance and personal character are considered for
nominations. The six "winners" were drawn randomly (by two of Rich Schall's
grandchildren)
.. The four girls are Maddie Harbrick (Cumberland
Valley), Sarah Clark (Spring Grove), Jesse Miller (Fleetwood) and Melissa
Rubritz (Dover).
The two boys are Kyle Turkalt (Hempfield / D7) and Ian Miller (Holy Name)
.. The recipients will receive their $500 after successful completion of
the first semester at college
.. Since the inception of the scholarship
program in 1994, awards totaling over $40,000 have been presented.
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2010
PVCA District Teams .....
District 1 AAA
District 2 AAA & AA
District 3 AAA
District 3 AA
District 6 AAA & AA
District 7 AAA
District 7 AA
District 8
District 11 AAA & AA
District 12
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2010
Penn State Volleyball Coaches Clinic .....
 
The Penn State Volleyball
Coaching staff will be hosting its annual Coaches Clinic July 30 - 31 on the
campus of Penn State University. The first session will begin at 2:00 on
Friday and the clinic will run through
4:00 on Saturday. Contact the Penn State Sports Camp office for a
brochure at 814-865-0561 or email them at
sportcampinfo@outreach.psu.edu. For program content, contact Russ Rose
at 814-863-7474. Cost is $90 and this can count toward Act 48 hours for
professional educators (11 hours). Put it on your calendar. You won't be
sorry. Great way to get ready for the girls season
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Click here for more information and to register
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PSU Men .....
Congratulations on a great post-season. Almost another championship coming
back to Happy Valley. Check out Mark's comments on their end of season ride
(click here).
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2010 Summer Camps
Attention all coaches and athletes. If you
are headed to camp this summer, check out our listing of summer volleyball
camps in Pennsylvania. Check back from time to time as this page is constantly being updated.
If you host a camp and it is not listed, get this site the info, and it will
be posted. Kindly submit information using the format on the page. Don't
miss this chance for some easy free advertising.
..  (click
here for 2010 summer camp page)
Tri-State Camp @
Robert Morris
University
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PIAA Winter
Workshop .....
Message from PVCA president, Bob Miller. "Happy New
Year!! I am attaching information from the PIAA Board of Control on items
(motions) that were discussed in our winter workshop. The color paneled
ball could effect budget orders. In the state playoffs the ball will be
red-white-blue- coach could option for white during matches."
Mr. Miller added in a subsequent email that "the PIAA
will begin to use the ball July 1, 2010.
(Click here for a summary of the
meeting)
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PIAA Steeing
Committee .....
Message from PVCA president, Bob Miller. "Attached is a
summary of the PIAA workshop. The Board of Directors meet next week so we
don't have much time. Fellow coaches will have to contact District as well
as Board reps to get recommendations approved."
(Click
here for a summary of the meeting)
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PIAA and Grads
at Practice (Read This) .....
The following information was sent from
PVCA president, Bob Miller (CLICK
HERE). Who amongst us hasn't had alumni stop by at practice to play or
help out. If you do, have done so, or plan to do in the future ..... read
attachment carefully.
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Sponsors for PVCA Newsletter .....
Being old as dirt, I remember black and white television and the eventual
change to color (I think our household was one of the last to get a new
color TV when I was a kid). Now I can also remember when the 2008 PVCA fall
newsletter was our first to contain color. This change was a results of our
association with our first partner ..... Sports Imports. Please keep them in
mind for your volleyball needs.
Sports
Imports .....
When it comes to indoor volleyball equipment, you can't
beat Sports Imports. At the school I teach and coach, we have been using
Senoh equipment for thirty years (we also use their badminton standards and
nets). We still have the first pair of standards we purchased at Red Lion.
We are in the process of building a new field house. Sports Imports will not
only be our equipment of choice, but they have been invaluable in the
planning of our new facility.
Check out their web site (click
here). Also don't miss their "Drill & Tips"" page (click
here), a must for every volleyball coach.
Contact Neil Gilbert who is the sales representative for
Pennsylvania ..... email
ngilbert@sportsimports.com ..... phone 800-556-3198. Neil will also be
at our PVCA clinic at Penn State if you need to talk with him..
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Results - Links
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The following links will provide results for various levels of the
volleyball community
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Emails from Mark
..... Get The Inside Scoop
From time to time
Mark Pavlik sends out emails updating folks on what is going on with the
Penn State men's volleyball program. This section contains email that Coach
Pavlik sends to friends and alumni of PSU. Because of this, they may contain
references that only the "insiders" know about. However, if you want to keep
up to date from the "inside", click the following link and enjoy. (click
here).
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The Volleyball Handbook by
Bob Miller .....
We all know Bob Miller
.. retired
North Allegheny coach, member of the PVCA Hall of Fame, president of our
association and on and on. Now a new title - author. His new book, The
Volleyball Handbook - Winning Essentials for Players and coaches, is
published by Human Kinetics. For a mere $19.95 (& S/H) you can have 248
pages of all the stuff that made North Allegheny one of the premier, if not
the premier, high school program in the state. This is a must have book for
your volleyball library
.. For more details and/or to order online
(click here).
.. To order by phone, call
Human Kinetics toll free 1-800-747-4457, Monday - Friday, 7 am to 7 pm, CST.
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PVCA District All-Star
Matches ..... Waiver Form
The waiver form for
players may be printed from the following link (click
here).
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